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Eldorado Ballroom is a former nightclub in the Third Ward, Houston, on the other side of the road from Emancipation Park. [1] The white brick and stucco Art Moderne building has 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) of space. [2] Caroline Love of Houston Public Media described it as "A pillar of Houston’s historic music scene". [3]
Kashmere High School is located in a predominantly black neighborhood known as Kashmere Gardens in Houston, Texas.Music teacher Conrad O. Johnson attended an Otis Redding concert in 1967 and was inspired to translate the style of the concert into a program he could sustain at the high school in order to create opportunities for his student musicians, and thus the Kashmere Stage Band was born.
Black and Tan clubs were nightclubs in the United States in the early 20th century catering to the black and mixed-race ("tan") population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They flourished in the speakeasy era and were often popular places of entertainment linked to the early jazz years.
Grady Gaines – (May 14, 1934 – January 29, 2021) [42] Born in Waskom, Texas, Gaines is an electric Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist who recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s. He also backed other musicians such as Clarence Hollimon, Joe Medwick and James Brown .
The Criners wanted to create a place where both local talent and already-established acts could play to Houston crowds. [2] They already owned a former bank building, designed by Joseph Finger in 1925; they turned it into a club and used proceeds to renovate the space.
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The Free Radicals live band includes six or seven members. [3] On recordings — The Rising Tide Sinks All (1998), Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights (2000), Aerial Bombardment (2004), and The Freedom Fence (2012) [4] — Free Radicals invites a group of 50 or more musicians and vocalists into the studio.